ENGAGED !!!!!!

As exciting as Joey's announcement was at Friday's BBQ, it would have been quite the faux pas to really publicize it the day before Kevin and Jenn's wedding.

Luckily for everyone involved, faux pas is my specialty.

I called Dr. Mark on his cell phone during the rehearsal dinner to relay the information. And Dr. Mark, no slouch himself in the faux pas department, had this immediate response:

"Oh my God, he is getting married BEFORE me!!!!!!!!!"

There was no "congratulations", "that's great",etc....

Anyway off the topic of Dr. Mark - his antics seem to be, at a minimum, a desperate cry for help and at a maximum to be a selfish drive to dominate the blog threads. I seriously think Mark gets up every morning and says, "What inane thing can I do or say today to get mentioned in the family blog?". I mean really, there is no other good explanation for his behavior.

Moving on. The preliminary wedding plans that I heard are for a summer '06 wedding in southern Connecticut. Also Joey and Kelly have designs on using the same band, Peat Moss, that Inez and I had at our wedding. This would obviously be awesome.